iContainer 1.5.4 — first public release
First public release of iContainer — a native macOS app to manage Apple Container workloads, built with SwiftUI on top of the official container CLI.
Highlights
- Dashboard with container/image counts and quick actions
- Full container lifecycle: create (image or Dockerfile build), start/stop/restart, edit, delete
- Sidebar with running/stopped sorting, search, and a status filter
- Per-container Info / Stats (live charts) / Shell / Logs tabs
- Image management with registry login and guided auth-error handling
- Apple container service controls: status, version, service-wide stats, live logs
- Update check, optional notifications, menu bar extra, full keyboard shortcuts
- Settings: theme, launch at login, polling cadence, default shell, terminal font, and more
Requirements
- macOS 26 or later (Apple silicon)
- Apple Container CLI installed
Install
Download iContainer-v1.5.4.zip below, unzip, and move iContainer.app to Applications.
This build is not notarized. On first launch macOS will block it — right-click the app → Open, or allow it under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. Or clear the quarantine flag:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/iContainer.app
Full history in CHANGELOG.md.
🤖 Built hand-in-hand with Claude Code.